A cherrypicker is someone who only takes matchups they're likely to win. Maybe they only play soft teams, or noob coaches, or teams without much Tackle. Some cherrypickers game to buff their CRs by playing advantageous developed teams at low TVs; once upon a time this was a big problem in Blackbox, which led to a change in the formula. Some cherrypickers game to buff their win rate or build their teams, by taking on opponents who will probably lose, or who will probably not do much damage, respectively.

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Throwers are horrible. Slow (Ma 5) and AV 8. An Orc team have field 8! MA6 players. That's actually quite decent. Skip the thrower. Be crazy, take some goblins instead!

(In all seriousness, if you need to score in 1, 2 or 3 turns, a goblin is your best ball carrier. Can be thrown, has dodge skill, has stunty skill (skip through tackles) and is your equal fastest player.)

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In this case, an orc team without passing ability will do well so long as they stick to games where they'll have bash superiority.

Passing is not so bad as a last chance thing. But if you do that you must already be struggling in the match. I think Orcs with a passer would more likely need to cherry pick to win than an effective Orc bash team without a passer would.

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that's an interesting conclusion, especially since it can be argued the data on fumbbl supports that. Though I'd say the most successful orc team is Fleetfoot's Revenge I, and they have a thrower. Hope Malmir enters the discussion and gives his take. I'd consider him the expert far more than me.

Yes, I'm suggesting passing is for when you're not up against a tomato can or for when nuffle decides to rob you of game control.

Passing is plan B.

So question now is...is preparing for plan B make you vulnerable to needing that plan B?

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I see on the older team with no thrower he had a thrower before he retired when injured but didn't replace. Maybe as suggested above he likes a thrower on a young team till he gets a decent alternative carrier.

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